1988 African Cup of Nations
كأس أمم إفريقيا 1988 Coupe d'Afrique des Nations 1988 | |
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Tournament details | |
Host country | Morocco |
Dates | 13–27 March |
Teams | 8 |
Venue(s) | 2 (in 2 host cities) |
Final positions | |
Champions | Cameroon (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Nigeria |
Third place | Algeria |
Fourth place | Morocco |
Tournament statistics | |
Matches played | 16 |
Goals scored | 23 (1.44 per match) |
Top scorer(s) | Lakhdar Belloumi Roger Milla Gamal Abdelhamid Abdoulaye Traoré (2 goals each) |
Best player(s) | Roger Milla |
Best goalkeeper | Joseph-Antoine Bell |
← 1986 1990 → |
The 1988 African Cup of Nations was the 16th edition of the Africa Cup of Nations, the association football championship of Africa (CAF). It was hosted by Morocco, who replaced original host Zambia. Just like in 1986, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. The tournament final was held in Casablanca at Stade Mohamed V. Cameroon won its second championship, beating Nigeria in the final 1−0.
This tournament has the fewest goals-per-game average in Africa Cup of Nations tournaments.
Host selection
The original host was Zambia but after their withdrawal in December 1986 due to financial issues, the Confederation of African Football approached Algeria which agreed to host the tournament. However, in February 1987 the CAF rescinded this decision following a dispute with Algeria which protested the CAF's decision to order a replay of the first leg match of the 1987 All-Africa Games qualification against Tunisia. CAF had made this decision following Tunisia's protest that Algeria had fielded two professional players. Morocco was chosen in the end to host the 1988 Africa Cup of Nations replacing Algeria.[1] [2]
Qualified teams
The 8 qualified teams are:
Team | Qualified as | Qualified on | Previous appearances in tournament[a] |
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Morocco | Hosts | 5 (1972, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1986) | |
Egypt | Holders | 21 March 1986 | 10 (1957, 1959, 1962, 1963, 1970, 1974, 1976, 1980, 1984, 1986) |
Algeria | 2nd round winners | 14 April 1987 | 5 (1968, 1980, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
Cameroon | 2nd round winners | 18 July 1987 | 5 (1970, 1972, 1982, 1984, 1986) |
Kenya | 2nd round winners | 18 July 1987 | 1 (1972) |
Nigeria | 2nd round winners | 18 July 1987 | 6 (1963, 1976, 1978, 1980, 1982, 1984) |
Ivory Coast | 2nd round winners | 19 July 1987 | 7 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1974, 1980, 1984, 1986) |
Zaire | 2nd round winners | 19 July 1987 | 6 (1965, 1968, 1970, 1972, 1974, 1976) |
- Notes
- ^ Bold indicates champion for that year, Italic indicates host.
Squads
Venues
The competition was played in two venues in Casablanca and Rabat.
Casablanca | |
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Stade Mohamed V | |
Capacity: 80,000 | |
Rabat | |
Stade Moulay Abdellah | |
Capacity: 52,000 | |
Group stage
Tiebreakers
If two or more teams finished level on points after completion of the group matches, the following tie-breakers were used to determine the final ranking:
- Goal difference in all group matches
- Greater number of goals scored in all group matches
- Drawing of lots
Group A
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Morocco (H) | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Algeria | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
3 | Ivory Coast | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 3 | |
4 | Zaire | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | −1 | 2 |
Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Algeria |
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A. Traoré 48' | Report | Belloumi 16' |
Ivory Coast | 1–1 | Zaire |
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A. Traoré 74' | Report | Kabongo 37' |
Morocco | 1–0 | Algeria |
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El Haddaoui 52' | Report |
Morocco | 0–0 | Ivory Coast |
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Report |
Note: Algeria qualified by drawing of lots.[3]
Group B
Pos | Team | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification |
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1 | Nigeria | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 1 | +3 | 4 | Advance to Knockout stage |
2 | Cameroon | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | +1 | 4 | |
3 | Egypt | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | +2 | 3 | |
4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | −6 | 1 |
Egypt | 3–0 | Kenya |
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Abdelhamid 2', 65' Younes 58' | Report |
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
23 March – Rabat | ||||||
Nigeria (p) | 1 (9) | |||||
27 March – Casablanca | ||||||
Algeria | 1 (8) | |||||
Nigeria | 0 | |||||
23 March – Casablanca | ||||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||
Morocco | 0 | |||||
Cameroon | 1 | |||||
Third place | ||||||
26 March – Casablanca | ||||||
Algeria (p) | 1 (4) | |||||
Morocco | 1 (3) |
Semifinals
Nigeria | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Algeria |
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Belgharbi 36' (o.g.) | Report | Maâtar 86' |
Penalties | ||
Eguavoen Adeshina Uwe Sofoluwe Yekini Okwaraji Nwosu Omokaro Okafor Rufai Eguavoen | 9–8 | Belloumi Belgherbi Maâtar Yahi Menad Bouafia Medane Chaib Megharia Drid Belloumi |
Third place match
Morocco | 1–1 (a.e.t.) | Algeria |
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Nader 67' | Report | Belloumi 87' |
Penalties | ||
El Gharef Benabicha Ouadani El Maataoui Timoumi Nader | 3–4 | Yahi Djahmoune Merzekane Chaib Megharia Belgherbi |
Final
Goalscorers
There were 23 goals scored in 16 matches, for an average of 1.44 goals per match.
2 goals
- Lakhdar Belloumi
- Roger Milla
- Abdoulaye Traoré
- Gamal Abdelhamid
1 goal
1 own goal
- Abdelrazak Belgharbi (against Nigeria)
CAF Team of the Tournament
Goalkeeper
Defenders
- Tijani El Maataoui
- Emmanuel Kundé
- John Buana
- Stephen Tataw
Midfielders
Forwards
References
External links
- Details at RSSSF
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- Sudan 1957
- United Arab Republic 1959
- Ethiopia 1962
- Ghana 1963
- Tunisia 1965
- Ethiopia 1968
- Sudan 1970
- Cameroon 1972
- Egypt 1974
- Ethiopia 1976
- Ghana 1978
- Nigeria 1980
- Libya 1982
- Ivory Coast 1984
- Egypt 1986
- Morocco 1988
- Algeria 1990
- Senegal 1992
- Tunisia 1994
- South Africa 1996
- Burkina Faso 1998
- Ghana/Nigeria 2000
- Mali 2002
- Tunisia 2004
- Egypt 2006
- Ghana 2008
- Angola 2010
- Gabon/Equatorial Guinea 2012
- South Africa 2013
- Equatorial Guinea 2015
- Gabon 2017
- Egypt 2019
- Cameroon 2021
- Ivory Coast 2023
- Morocco 2025
- Kenya/Tanzania/Uganda 2027
- TBD 2029
- Notes
- The 2021 and 2023 tournaments were actually held in 2022 and 2024 respectively.
- There were no 1957 and 1959 qualifications as places were given by invitation only.
- The "finals" articles for 1959 and 1976 are about the decisive matches of final group stages.
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